About the Author

ALISON MCGHEE's best-selling novel Shadow Baby was a Today Show
Book Club pick, and her picture book for adults, Someday, was a #1
New York Times bestseller. She is the recipient of many fellowships
and awards, has three grown children, and lives a semi-nomadic life
in Minnesota and California. HARRY BLISS is an award-winning
cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker, and also the
illustrator of a number of picture books. His first, A Fine, Fine
School by Sharon Creech, was a New York Times bestseller, as was
Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin. He lives in Vermont.

Reviews

Having tackled shoelace-tying and new-school jitters, the heroine
from Countdown to Kindergarten (and Puddy, her cat) is back to
start first grade-with a loose tooth. There's just one problem: a
second-grader warns her that the first-grade teacher, Mrs. Watson,
is a "three-hundred-year-old alien who steals baby teeth from her
students." Once again making comical use of spot illustrations and
thought balloons intermingled with the main narrative, Bliss
conveys palpable fear on the heroine's face, as she looks for her
teacher's telltale purple tongue, and shuns the treat box where the
woman purportedly "keeps all those baby teeth." Fans will note
McGhee's sly references to the first book ("Counting backwards from
ten is my specialty! But wait. Keep... mouth... closed," reads the
heroine's thought balloon when the teacher asks if anyone knows
how), while Bliss fills the book with enough details for parents
and kids to pore over (the Drama Club poster announces a production
of Marathon Man, "a chilling tale of suspense and toothaches," a
Book Fair poster advertises Harry Plotter and the Huge Cavity by
J.K. Salinger"). A reassuring, humorous ending when the heroine's
tooth finally does pop out in Mrs. Watson's classroom reminds
readers that they must rely on their own experiences-not the say-so
of others. Ages 4-7. (Aug.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business
Information.

PreS-Gr 2-Mrs. Watson, the first-grade teacher, is a 300-year-old
alien with a purple tongue who steals baby teeth from her students.
How does this new student know? A second grader enlightened her on
the bus ride to her first day of school. Now she lives in terror
because she has a loose tooth. Can she keep her mouth closed for
the rest of the school year? This delightful book by Alison McGhee
(Harcourt, 2004) is sure to have students giggling. Rachael Lillis
reads the text (and pretty much every written word in the
illustrations) with gusto and humor, creating a different voice for
each character. Sound effects and background music enhance the
text, as readers enjoy the humorous details of Harry Bliss's
watercolor-and-ink illustrations. While some might have a little
trouble with the concept of giving children candy as a reward for
losing a tooth, this book is a sure-fire hit.-Teresa Bateman,
Brigadoon Elementary School, Federal Way, WA Copyright 2007 Reed
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